ZIP 52225 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Tama County, Iowa's ZIP 52225 registers 23/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 54 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (72/100), structural risk (54/100), institutional ownership (38/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (38/100) and mortgage stress (15/100).

The expansion-phase market in 52225 posted values that rose 5.1% over the year, at 28/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Vacancy runs 13.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 98% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 6.3% — low. Rent burden reaches 100% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $148,000 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). Around 2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 415 with a median age of 62. At $61,550, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. There are about 212 housing units across 52225. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 35/100.

On the whole, 52225 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.